| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | Introduction | Introduction |
| 第2回 | Long-term population growth and human resources | Human resource development and United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals |
| 第3回 | Theory of demographic transition (1) | Theory of demographic transition (Stages I and II) |
| 第4回 | Theory of demographic transition (2) | Theory of demographic transition (Stage III) and criticisms against theory of demographic transition |
| 第5回 | Population theory | Malthus’ population theory and its criticism |
| 第6回 | Fertility theory (I) | Leibenstein’s fertility theory |
| 第7回 | Fertility theory (II) | Becker’s fertility model and new home economics, and criticism against the Chicago school |
| 第8回 | Fertility transition in postwar Japan and other countries | Fertility trends in Japan and other countries |
| 第9回 | Mortality change, morbidity change and health expectancy | Mortality transition, morbidity change, health of the elderly and their labor force participation |
| 第10回 | Age compositional shifts and first demographic dividend | Age compositional shifts and mechanisms of generation of the first demographic dividend and its impact on economic growth |
| 第11回 | Policy challenges posed by population aging | Policy challenges posed by population aging and feasibility of available policy options |
| 第12回 | National Transfer Accounts (I) | Introduction to the concept and system of NTA |
| 第13回 | National Transfer Accounts (II) | Intra- and inter-generational support system and cost of children and that of the elderly |
| 第14回 | Questions and answers | Review and overall discussion |
| 第15回 | Summary and conclusions | The points of 1-14th lessons will be summarized. |
